Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at IWU

At Indiana Wesleyan University-Marion, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 83.53%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 82.01%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Indiana Wesleyan University-Marion than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 28.35%, and the 2024 yield is 20.01%.

The number of IWU applicants decreased by -23.09% (911 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 83.53%, and this year's acceptance rate is 82.01% at Indiana Wesleyan University-Marion. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 82.63% and women students' rate is 84.02%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Indiana Wesleyan University-Marion than the previous year.

The following table and chart illustrate the acceptance rates changes at Indiana Wesleyan University-Marion over the past 11 years (2013-2024).

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	95.15%	94.13%	95.62%
2014-15	95.05% -0.10%	93.03% -1.10%	96.02% 0.41%
2015-16	95.21% 0.17%	96.07% 3.04%	94.81% -1.21%
2016-17	73.88% -21.34%	72.82% -23.25%	74.32% -20.49%
2017-18	72.02% -1.86%	69.70% -3.12%	73.33% -0.99%
2018-19	68.29% -3.74%	67.23% -2.47%	68.86% -4.47%
2019-20	67.00% -1.29%	67.59% 0.36%	66.69% -2.17%
2020-21	91.47% 24.47%	90.65% 23.07%	91.86% 25.17%
2021-22	92.01% 0.54%	91.03% 0.38%	91.99% 0.13%
2022-23	86.72% -5.29%	86.66% -4.37%	86.76% -5.23%
2023-24	82.01% -4.71%	80.03% -6.62%	83.98% -2.78%
Average	83.53%	82.63%	84.02%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 28.35% where the current academic year yield is 20.01%.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in yield at Indiana Wesleyan University-Marion from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	43.89%	49.76%	41.21%
2014-15	45.08% 1.19%	46.69% -3.07%	44.33% 3.12%
2015-16	47.12% 2.04%	46.52% -0.16%	47.41% 3.08%
2016-17	27.82% -19.30%	33.52% -13.00%	25.50% -21.91%
2017-18	28.79% 0.96%	32.00% -1.52%	27.07% 1.57%
2018-19	22.22% -6.57%	23.61% -8.39%	21.48% -5.59%
2019-20	22.92% 0.71%	24.28% 0.67%	22.21% 0.73%
2020-21	21.07% -1.85%	22.48% -1.80%	20.40% -1.81%
2021-22	15.99% -5.08%	17.01% -5.47%	15.01% -5.39%
2022-23	16.95% 0.95%	16.80% -0.21%	17.04% 2.03%
2023-24	20.01% 3.06%	21.05% 4.26%	19.01% 1.97%
Average	28.35%	30.34%	27.33%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 3,643, the average number of admitted is 3,007, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 855.

The number of IWU applicants decreased by -23.09% (911 applicants) compared to the previous year.

The following table and chart show the changes of applicants, admitted, and enrolled headcount at Indiana Wesleyan University-Marion from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	3,441	3,274	1,437
2014-15	3,433 -0.23%	3,263 -0.34%	1,471 2.37%
2015-16	3,176 -7.49%	3,024 -7.32%	1,425 -3.13%
2016-17	3,323 4.63%	2,455 -18.82%	683 -52.07%
2017-18	3,796 14.23%	2,734 11.36%	787 15.23%
2018-19	4,733 24.68%	3,232 18.22%	718 -8.77%
2019-20	4,363 -7.82%	2,923 -9.56%	670 -6.69%
2020-21	2,942 -32.57%	2,691 -7.94%	567 -15.37%
2021-22	3,880 31.88%	3,570 32.66%	571 0.71%
2022-23	3,946 1.70%	3,422 -4.15%	580 1.58%
2023-24	3,035 -23.09%	2,489 -27.26%	498 -14.14%
Average	3,643	3,007	855

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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